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8 Delicious Ways to Grill your Summer Catch!

8 Delicious Ways to Grill your Summer Catch!

Take advantage of your summer with a fresh catch and a sizzling seafood dinner every weekend. Celebrate with friends and family by preparing a meal straight from the shore or lake to your table. Nothing highlights summer more than a good ole’ grilled salmon fillets, spicy 

Pushing Scales: Combating Childhood Obesity

Pushing Scales: Combating Childhood Obesity

The role of a Chef should go beyond the restaurant arena.   Aspiring to be future culinarians, require us to dedicate all our energies to produce a healthy meal for consumers at large. In this era, millions of people struggle to eat right and are confused 

Science of Making Jams & Jellies

Science of Making Jams & Jellies

Preserving Summer Fruit  into Jams & Jellies Summer not only brings sweat-drenching heat waves, but an absolute abundance of fruits that accompanies the season (from June till August). Kids are most likely subjected to harvesting duties since school is out; manning baskets of over-flowing plums, guavas, peaches, wild berries, 

Thai Tea: A Tea Lover’s Essential

Thai Tea: A Tea Lover’s Essential

Thai tea is most popular consumed over ice and milk; a bustling top seller in any Asian restaurant. It is a black aromatic tea with a very distinct orange color.

Grilling Tips for Summer Cookouts

Grilling Tips for Summer Cookouts

Summer is fast approaching and it’s time to dust off your grill! Grilling Tips for Preventing Flare Ups When searing fatty foods, leave the grill lid in the open position. Try to keep your grill away from windy areas. Wind forces oxygen between the grates 

Corned Beef and Cabbage for St. Patrick’s Day?

Corned Beef and Cabbage for St. Patrick’s Day?

Corned Beef and Cabbage plus show-stopping green decor gleaming brightly at every store front— this historical food scene needs to be evaluated— it’s just not traditionally Irish. How did corned beef and cabbage become a St. Patrick’s Day staple? Seriously.   Irish-Americans conceptualized it Leprechauns, shamrock-shaped cookies, 

‘Donut’ Hesitate: The Salty Donut Artisanal Donut Shop and Coffee Bar

‘Donut’ Hesitate: The Salty Donut Artisanal Donut Shop and Coffee Bar

‘The Salty Donut’ has pushed the envelope to bring you the best possible donuts & coffee. This chef-made, small-batch, donut shop is a family-owned business, that focuses on a unique menu style, that rotates based on seasonality. Therefore, their artisan donuts are highlighted as being made 

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Loaf with a Spiced Orange Glaze

Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Loaf with a Spiced Orange Glaze

This delicious chocolate chip pumpkin loaf has been one of my most successful test-baking episodes I’ve had so far besides my traditional black cake/fruit cake recipe. It was a a show stopper. Everyone raved about it. I wanted to do something completely out-of-the-box this year and